HP announces new Pavilion gaming desktop, laptop, monitor, and keyboard

What you need to know

  • HP announced a new gaming desktop and laptop that are part of the Pavilion line.
  • The Pavilion Gaming Desktop can support up to an RTX 2070 or RTX 2060 Super.
  • The Pavilion Gaming Laptop 15 is one of the first to use AMD's new H-series Ryzen processors.

HP announced two new PCs at Gamescom 2019, the Pavilion Gaming Desktop and the Pavilion Gaming Laptop 15 (via Neowin). Both PCs have a relatively affordable entry price but have options for more powerful and expensive internals. In addition to the laptop and desktop, HP announced the Pavilion Gaming Keyboard 800 and two new gaming monitors.

The Pavilion Gaming Desktop can come with up to an octa-core processor. Users can choose either an Intel Core i7-9700 or an AMD Ryzen 7 processor. It can come with either an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 or an RTX 2060 SUPER. The PC casing is 15L and can hold up to three storage drives. Users can also upgrade the GPU, network card, and memory inside the case as you'd expect from a gaming desktop. It will be available for purchase by the end of August. The starting price is $700, though the price depends greatly on the internals you select.

The Pavilion Gaming Laptop 15 runs on AMD's new H-series Ryzen processors. The processor inside the laptop is 35W APUs. It is one of the first laptops to run this series of processors. The laptop comes with up to an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti with Max-Q design. It has a 144Hz 1080p screen. It will be available in September and will start at $800.

The Pavilion Gaming Keyboard 800 has red mechanical switches and 100 percent anti-ghosting. It's currently available for $80. HP also announced the 22x and 24x monitors. Each has a 144Hz refresh rate, 1ms response time, and AMD FreeSync. The 24x also supports G-Sync. The HP 22x is available in Europe for €170, and the HP24x will start at $280.

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